Convertible chair.



L. IVI` S. LEAVITT. CONVERTIBLE CHAIR. APPLlcArloN msu AUG. u. |916.

Patented'June 12, 1917.

LILLIE IVI. S. LEAVITT, OF MOUNTAINVIEW, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

lCONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

y assenso.

Application filed August 17, 1916.

To all 107mm t may concern:

Be it known that I, LILLIE M. a citizen of the United States, residingat Mountainview, in the connty of Carroll, State of New Hampshire, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements inConvertible Chairs, ofwhich the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to convertible chairs and has for its object toprovide a chair of simplel strong and relatively inexpensiveconstruction adapted for use as a rocking or other chair which will bealso adapted to be readily converted without the addition of any partsinto a crib or cradle for an infant.

Vith this object in view my invention consists in the construction andcombination of elements hereinafter described and claimed.

' Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of aconvertible chair embodying my invention arranged as a rocking chair. l

Fig. 2 is a back view chair shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the convertible chair adapted for use asa crib or cradle.

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a detail horizontal sectional view on line 5*-5 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 6 is an elevation of a roller carrying attachment.

In the drawings 1 and 2 indicate the sides of the convertible chair hereshown as formed with posts 3 and 4, rockers 5 carried at the lower endsof the posts, top rails 6 and bottom rails 7 the spaces inclosed by thetop and bottom rails and posts being here shown as lled by panels 8.

The bottom rails are each provided with a bottom plate extending to theopposite side when the chair is adapted for use as a rocking chair, thebottom plate 9 of the right hand side overlying the bottom plate 10 ofthe left hand side, the two bottom plates being arranged to slide one onthe other and being connected together in any convenient manner to becapable of so sliding one on the other as by dovetail strips 11 fittingin dovetail grooves in the contiguous faces of the two bottom plates.

To the rear edge of the plate 10 and post 3 of the left hand side isscrewed back piece 13 and to the rear edge of bottom plate 9 and Sa'LnavrrT,

of the convertible Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1 911.7.

serial no. 115,386.

post of the right hand side is secured back piece 12, these two backpieces having their free ends adapted to abut one against the other soas to form together a complete back -for the chair when they are broughttogether as shownin Figs. 1 and 2.

To the front edge of bottom plate 1,0 near the post 4 of the left handside of the chair is hinged front piece 15 and to bottom plate 9 nearpost 4 of the right hand side of the chair is hinged front pieces beingarranged ward as shown in Fig. to be used as a chair.

One of the back pieces here shown as back to be swung down- 1 when thedevice is piece 14 these front i piece 13, is provided with a series ofparallel [the back pieces but preferably the strips 16 are secured tothe right hand front piece and the vertical strip is carried by the lefthand front piece.

When the device is to be used as a chair the two sides are pressedtoward each other as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 until the free ends of thetwo back pieces are in contact and the free edges of the two frontpieces are also in contact, the front pieces being turned down on theirhinges as shown in Fig. 1.

When the device is to be used as a cradle the sides 1 and 2 are drawnapart as shown in Fig. 3 until the shoulders 18 of the strips 16 strikeand stop against the abutments 19, the front pieces being turned ontheir hinges as shown in Fig. 3. The device then presents a crib orcradle with its ends formed by the sides 1 and 2 and with its sidesformed respectively by the two back pieces 12 and 13 separated by aspace across which the strips 16 carried by them extend and by the frontpieces 14 and 15 separated by a space across which the strips 16 carriedby them extend, the bottom of thecrib or cradle being formed by thebottom plates 9 and 10, the upper one of which extends over the lowerone half its length.

The parts of the-device may be held in either closed position to form achair or in open position to form a crib or cradle by suitable catchesor hooks preferably engaging the strips 16 and suitable hooks or catchesmay be provided to hold the front pieces in raised position. lf theparts are carefully itted together such hooks or catches may bedispensed with as by reason of the construction above described there isno tendency of the parts to separate when the device is used as a chairor to close together when the device is used as a crib or cradle.

The rockers 5 may be dispensed with if desired in which case the lowerends of the posts 3 and 4 will rest on the floor.

If it is desired to have the device readily movable when used as a cribor cradle the rockers 5 may be provided with an attachment such as isshown in Fig. 6. This attachment as shown comprises a pair of verticalrods 21 each carrying at its lower end a roller 20 and arranged to bevertically movable in guides 22. The upper ends of the rods 21 areconnected by a rod 23 suitably bent so as to have an eye at its centerto lit over a pin 24 midway between the rods. The rod 23 is preferablymade of resilient material sufliciently flexible to be sprung onto andolf from the pin 24. When the rollers are to be made use of the eye ofrod 23 will be sprung over the pin and when the rollers are not neededthe eye will be sprung off the pin and the vertical rods 21 will beCopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe pushed upward until the rollers are within the line of the loweredge of the rocker.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. A convertible chair comprising sides, bottom plates carried one byeach side and arranged to slide one over the other and each of a lengthequal to the distance between the sides when in closed position, a backpiece carried by each of the sides and consisting one half of the backwhen in closed position and longitudinal strips carried by one of theback pieces arranged to slide in guides carried by the other back piece.

2. A convertible chair comprising sides, bottom plates carried one byeach side and arranged to slide one over the other and each of a lengthequal to the distance between the sides when in closed position, a backpiece carried by each of the sides and consisting one half of the backwhen in closed position, longitudinal strips carried by one of the backpieces arranged to slide in guides carried by the other back piece, anda front piece hinged to each of the bottom plates and longitudinalstrips carried by one of the front pieces arranged to slide in guidescarried by the other front piece.

This specification signed this 4th day of August, A. D. 1916.

LILLIE M. S. LEAVITT.

"Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, IJ. C.

